OK, me pretending to know how to get it all done in 24 hours is pretty funny, because "it all" never gets done. I just do the best I can.A friend of mine who spoke on stress management brought out two facts. One is that we all have 24 hours to play with every day. The other is that the absence of stress is being dead.
I don't want a stress-free life. I think it might be a little boring. But certain times should be stress-free. After a stressful day, I enjoyed a little Mexican food and an adult beverage with the people I love, and that was stress-free. I got up early the next morning and took a long, stress-free shower. Then, after my first cup of coffee, the stress was allowed to begin again.
In those two dozen hours, we need a few pockets to escape. At lunch, I had a conference call, but I took it in a lounge area away from noise and my computer and my to-do list. An escape from stress!
And that brings my to the 24 hour-fact. We get a finite amount of time each day, so a big part of handling stress is realizing choices have to be made. You can't get everything done. You have to pick what you will do a bang-up job on, what gets a lick and a promise and what will be pushed to another day or reconsidered.
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